The Case Against Sugar

“When we think of Communism,” read a sign at the conference, “we think of the Iron Curtain. BUT when THEY think of democracy, they think of Coca-Cola.”

As sugar consumption exploded in the United States and the United Kingdom with the industrial revolution; with the birth of the confectionary, cereal, and soft-drink industries; and with the increasing availability of chocolate bars and ice-cream treats, so did diabetes begin its inexorable climb.